Elephants come in colors
in elephant parade
If it’s green, you wait till it ripens
If it’s blue, you cheer it up
If it’s red
it's just like you and I -
it's probably embarrassed
And if you’re wondering what
you’re standing under -
gray, big and protecting you from the rain –
it's an umbrellaphant
Oct 17, 2014
Oct 17, 2014 at 7:51 PM UTC
Elephants come in colors
in elephant parade
If it’s green, you wait till it ripens
If it’s blue, you cheer it up
If it’s red
it's just like you and I -
it's probably embarrassed
And if you’re wondering what
you’re standing under -
gray, big and protecting you from the rain –
it's an umbrellaphant
Poem based on various children's riddles
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